Saddam must disarm or face war

With the imprimatur of the United Nations at last stamped on his campaign against Iraq, President George W Bush can now seal the fate of Saddam Hussein.

The unanimous decision of the 15 Security Council members, including Ireland, to support the final resolution which America and Britain presented, is an unequivocal signal which Saddam Hussein cannot ignore, except at his peril.

Having addressed French concerns about the resolution, the only likely dissenter on the vote was expected to have been Syria, the only Islamic country currently on the